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Haredi Draft Law leads to decline in ultra-Orthodox recruitment
Yossi Yehushua
Published: 12.04.14, 21:00
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1. Haredim are abused by their friends for wearing the uniform
Avi   (04.12.14)
They spit on them, curse them and like in the middle ages exocommunicate them and their families. Calling them "hardak" which is a play-word between an insect and a haredi. This is a big reason why there is such a drop. This disgusting behavior and prosecution needs to be addressed.
2. Say "thank you" to comrade Lapid!
Vladimir ,   Yerushalayim   (04.12.14)
His new Haredi Draft law brought damage to the religious society, to the army, to the country. It served well only for his personal political rating.
3. You are ruled by Haredi rabbis! Deal with it!
Historian ,   Israel   (04.13.14)
4. What do you expect?
Aaron Kuperman ,   Baltimore   (04.13.14)
One needs to remember that many of the recruits in hareidi units are religious zionists who want to serve in a frum framework, and they are still serving. By introducing conscription, the actual hareidi community perceives that Israel has broken the social contract, by which the hareidi community was allowed to live unmolested, that had been in effect then generations. The pro-zionist hareidim had the rug pulled out from under them.This explains why many hareidi are now openly embracing the ideology long espoused by supporters of the original Satmar Rebbe, which holds that Torah prohibts using armed force against the non-Jews to seize control of Eretz Yisrael.
5. B"H these protests and campaign have its proper affect
Anonymous   (04.13.14)
This is a war between the Kedushah (the G-d fearing Haredim) and the Sitra Ahra, the Tumah (the Zionist Amalekim.) These protests will continue around the country and perhaps worldwide until the Zionist Erev Rav will stop their persecution against Haredim.
6. We read in the Haggadah of Pesah that every generation
Anonymous   (04.13.14)
is out to destroy the Jews. But in every generation Hashem does not let it happen. In the current generation, it's the Zionist Erev Rav who are out to destroy Torah and Judaism. But Hashem will help us fight the war against these evil ones.
7. #2 history repeated
(04.13.14)
The destructions of the irst and second temples were preceded by civil wars where the corrupted Jewish elite ("mtyavnim") increasingly identified with the dominant foreign culture and hated the normal Jew. Eventually the conflicts became so intense that the corrupt leadership invited foreign forces to eliminate the normal Jews, which eventually lead to the ethnic cleansing after destruction of the First Temple or the genocide after destruction of the Second Temple. You should ask, why is it when the Middle East is collapsing and flooded with weapons, Israel is surrounded by fanatic Muslims, the US is ruled by an anti-Israel administration and Israel needs a small, efficient and highly motivated army, the Left insists on attacking the most motivated Jews, forcibly drafting the least able Jews, and establishing an Arab army in Israel's heartland.
8. #4, 5, 6, 7
Logic ,   Israel   (04.13.14)
Would you agree to a solution where these Haredis switch citizenship to the Palestinian Authority? If they don't want to follow the rules of the land, and are not Zionist, then why not go all the way and live as dhimmi subjects under Abbas/ Hamas, or at least get demoted to permanent residency status within Israel, where they will be able to vote in municipal elections but not to the Knesset.
9. #6 actually
(04.13.14)
In every generation, sinat chinam destroys the Jews. In this generation, the Haredi leaders allied with the corrupt atheist Left to get the Zionists. I assume you've heard about malshinim, minim and zedim, the kind of people who call good Jews "erev rav" and counted their money while the Gush Katif synagogues were destroyed. The good news is that Teshuva is always possible. Please take this letter as friendly advice.
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